THE GAME After a tough road trip, the
Hurricanes return to the BankUnited Center to face the Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets (8-8, 1-4 ACC).

Miami has won three
straight against Georgia Tech after dropping the previous five.

The Jackets are led
by Tyaunna Marshall, who is averaging 15.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.

1,000 POINT CLUBMiami senior Morgan
Stroman became the 22nd Hurricane to score 1,000 points in her career, as she
scored seven points against FAU.

Senior Stefanie
Yderstrom reached the milestone with an 18 point performance against Clemson on
Jan. 3, becoming the 23rd player in program history to join the club.

YDERSTROM IS HEATING UPIn Miami's last six games, Miami
senior guard Stefanie Yderstrom is averaging 17.5 points per game and has hit
20 of her 30 three-pointers in those six games.

Since the beginning
of the 2011-12 season, Yderstrom has made 98 three pointers, more than any
other player in the ACC.

CANES TOUGH TO BEAT IN ACC PLAYSince the 2010-11 season, Miami is
28-5 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, second only to Duke (29-3). In that
span, the Canes are flawless inside the BankUnited Center, winning 17 straight
ACC games.

The Hurricanes have
not been defeated at home inside conference play since a four-point loss to
Georgia Tech on Feb. 21, 2010, a span of 1,061 days.

IMPRESSIVE START TO CONFERENCE PLAYFor the ﬁrst time,
Miami's ACC schedule will consist of 18 games. Due to the additional games,
Miami was forced to play a conference game in December for the ﬁrst time since
2003 when still a member of the Big East. The Canes seemed to welcome the early
challenge as they walloped NC State 79-53. It was the ﬁfth straight win over
the Wolfpack for the Canes.

With additional wins
over Clemson and Virginia, Miami opened ACC play with a 3-0 record for just the
second time since joining the league in 2004.

BIG-TIME TEAM ON THE SMALL SCREENThe Jan. 20 game at
Virginia will be the third of nine regular season games to be televised this
season.

PEPPER TOO HOT FOR NC STATE TO HANDLEMiami's 6-6 center Shawnice
"Pepper" Wilson has faced NC State three times since transferring to UM after
her sophomore season. In those three contests, she has averaged 11.3 points and
14 rebounds and even had a career-best night as a junior, scoring 17 points and
grabbing 17 rebounds in leading her team to victory.

GREAT GAME, GREAT SEASONMorgan Stroman may have had her
best game of her career on Dec. 8 against Davidson. The senior recorded the
19th double-double of her career with 17 points and 13 rebounds. However, she
filled the stat sheet, leading the Canes with a career-high six assists, four
blocks and four steals.

On the season,
Stroman is tied for the team lead with four double-doubles, leads the team with
8.4 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.4 blocks and is second on the team with 12.8
points per game.

CANES HAND PENN STATE FIRST LOSS Sixth-ranked Penn
State came to the BankUnited Center on Nov. 29 with a perfect 5-0 record.
However, the Hurricanes forced the Lady Lions into 20 first-half turnovers and
held on for a 69-65 victory.

Morgan Stroman led
the Canes with 15 points and five steals, while Stefanie Yderstrom and Michelle
Woods added 13 and 11 points, respectively.

At No. 6, Penn State
was a the second-best ranked team Miami has ever defeated (No. 5 Maryland -
2012).

UM HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT HONORSBehind back-to-back
18-point performances from Stefanie Yderstrom, the Canes claimed wins over
Central Connecticut State and Wisconsin. For her efforts, Yderstrom was named
the tournament's MVP.

In the two games,
Shawnice Wilson totaled 16 points and 19 rebounds while freshman Keyona Hayes
picked up her third double-double (11 points, 15 rebounds) of the season
against the Blue Devils. Each earned a spot on the all-tournament team.

GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOTAfter their rout of UNF, the
Hurricanes are 32-9 in season-opening games and are a combined 24-3 when they
open the season at home, including a perfect 8-0 record when opening the season
at the BankUnited Center.

NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR WOODSIn her first game of the 2012-13
season, sophomore Michelle Woods hit five three-pointers on her way to a
career-best 19 points. In the very next game, the guard from Naples, Fla.,
scored a new career-best of 20 points in a 69-63 win at Richmond.

Woods came on strong
in the second half of Miami's loss to Tennessee, helping the Canes erase a
27-point deficit, scoring a team-high 17 points. After 13 games, the guard is
averaging 9.2 points per game, good for third on the team

MEIER ENTERS EIGHTH SEASON AT MIAMIIn 2012-13, head coach Katie Meier
and her staff will begin their eighth year at the helm in Coral Gables. The
Hurricanes advanced to the NCAA tournament second round for the second
consecutive season, finishing second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a
14-2 record. Overall, Miami finished with a 26-6 record, the third straight
20-win season for Meier.

A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION Junior Maria Brown
made her first career start in the UM Thanksgiving Tournament final against
Radford. The forward responded with eight points and nine rebounds.

On the season, Brown
is averaging 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game and is shooting 46 percent
from the floor.

HITTING THE BOOKSStefanie Yderstrom has been named
to the ACC All-Academic Team each of the last two seasons. The senior is a
sports administration major, has earned an overall 3.28 GPA and a was named to
the dean's list last semester with a 3.66 GPA.

WELCOME BACKIn her first game on
the court since an Achilles' tendon tear midway through the 2011-12 season,
senior forward Morgan Stroman scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and led her
team with eight rebounds.

UM THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT HONORSSeniors Stefanie
Yderstrom and Morgan Stroman were recognized for their outstanding play in
leading the Hurricanes to a UM Thanksgiving Tournament title with wins over FAU
and Radford.

Yderstrom led all
scorers with 19 points against FAU and Stroman finished each contest with 11
rebounds. Against Radford, Stroman also poured in 22 points, just one shy of
her career-best. It was her first double-double of the season. For her efforts,
Stroman was named the tournament's MVP, while Yderstrom earned all-tourney
honors.

RETURNING ALL-ACC PERFORMERSMiami returns two All-ACC players
for the 2012-13 campaign. Sharp-shooting point guard Stefanie Yderstrom earned
third-team conference honors last season, leading the ACC with 68 3-pointers.
Morgan Stroman was well on her way to earning conference honors for the second
consecutive season. However, midway through the season, the 2009 McDonald's
All-American tore her Achilles tendon, ending her junior campaign. As a
sophomore, the forward earned third-team honors.

STARTING A NEW STREAKPrior to its Nov. 18 loss vs. No.
20 Tennessee, the Hurricanes held the nation's second-longest home win streak
at 41 games. Miami had gone 1,001 days without dropping a game inside the
BankUnited Center. Since the loss, Miami
has won 10 straight home games.

UM STUDENT-ATHLETES SET GSR RECORD The University of
Miami recorded a department-wide school-record Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of
93 percent, according to the rates released Oct. 25 by the NCAA.

As a department,
Miami's 93 percent GSR ranks fourth among ACC schools and is eighth overall
among FBS schools. Overall, the University of Miami athletic department has
improved from 77 to 93 percent from 2005 to 2012, a year after UM
student-athletes posted a then-record 89 percent GSR in 2011. UM has exceeded
the NCAA average GSR in each of the last eight years.

The most recent
Division I Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering classes from
2002-2003 through 2005-06.

UM BRINGS IN 11TH-RANKED CLASS Head coach Katie
Meier officially announced the program's signees on Nov. 15. The group,
comprised of three high school standouts, is Adrienne Motley (Newport News, Va.),
Nigia Greene (Atlanta, Ga.) and Jessica Thomas (Gainesville, Fla.). The trio
will join the Hurricanes for the 2013-14 academic year.

Motley, a 5-9 guard
from Woodside High School, has been ranked the No. 27 overall prospect and the
seventh best point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz.

Greene is a
four-star prospect according to ESPN HoopGurlz. She is ranked No. 41 overall,
and the ninth-best guard in the nation.

Thomas is ranked the
48th best point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz. In 2011, the 5-6 guard
led the Buchholz High School Bobcats to the semifinals of the Florida Girls
State Basketball Playoffs. She is the younger sister of Hurricane legend Lamar
Thomas.

In their debuts,
Dennis finished the night with five points, three assists and two steals. Hayes
had four points and Keen added three rebounds and a free throw.

CANES ENTER SEASON IN THE POLLSFor the second
consecutive season, the Hurricanes enter their year with a spot in each the AP
and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls. Miami was ranked No. 23 in the coaches
and No. 24 in the AP according to the voters. UM is currently receiving votes
in both polls.